Really Big Prints! 2025 

Really Big Prints! (RBP) is a biennial, multi-day, large-scale relief printmaking event at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, WI. RBP is hosted by Wisconsin printmakers Berel Lutsky (UW Green Bay-Manitowoc Campus, Emeritus), Katie Ries (St. Norbert College), and Stephanie Carpenter (Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum).

Come to Watch the Printing Event at Hamilton:
July 16-19, 2025

  • Wednesday July 16, 8:00am-5pm
  • Thursday July 17, 8:00am-5pm
  • Friday July 18, 8:00am-5pm
  • Saturday July 19, 8:00am-12pm

It's FREE to watch as 40 artists put their large inked-up blocks and paper under a City of Two Rivers steamroller to make a lot of Really Big Prints! No need to register, just come on down. 

  • Museum admission is FREE (donations welcome) during all four days of this family-friendly event
  • Roll up your sleeves and make a (not as big) print. Use vintage wood type and a carved block to create your own letterpress print. It’s totally free, and yes, you get to take it home!
  • Explore the museum's collection of wood type, circus poster blocks, printing presses, and more
  • Take a selfie by our ‘wall of wood type’, our large horse-racing print, or our really tall ‘TYPE’ letters
  • Try out one of our scavenger hunts to win a prize

A huge thank you goes out to our Sponsors for Really Big Prints 2025

Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry

 

Event Calendar

  • October 1, 2024 – Call for applications opens
  • January 15, 2025 – Printing and scholarship applications due 
  • April 5, 2025 – Workshop registrations due (workshop series is full)
  • July 1, 2025 – Volunteer applications due
  • July 16–19, 2025 – Printing event
  • Autumn 2025 – Exhibit; date and venue TBC
  • Really Big Prints will return to Hamilton in 2027

Participation Options for Printers

  • Printers – Print your really big block! 
    THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS ENDED 

  • Underrepresented artists – Apply for an artist’s scholarship. 
    THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS ENDED

  • Area Educators – Apply for an artist’s scholarship.
    THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS ENDED

  • Volunteers – Help make Big Prints happen! 
    THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS ENDED

  • Hands-on learners – Sign up for the Big Prints workshop series
    WORKSHOP IS FULL


MORE INFORMATION

For more information on materials and RBP! goings-on see https://reallybigprints.org/

If you have any questions please e-mail us at info@woodtype.org or call 920-794-6272.